Digital signature certificate
The Class 3 signature every MCA, GST and tender filing needs, issued on a token in your name.
What the fee covers
- Certificate class and validity guidance
- Application with a licensed certifying authority
- Video verification support
- Token download and installation help
- Registration on the MCA or GST portal
Professional fee
1,499
professional fee, certifying authority and token charges at actuals
- Timeline
- 1 to 2 working days
- Filed with
- Certifying authorities licensed by the Controller of Certifying Authorities
A legal signature, on a token
A Class 3 digital signature is your legal signature for MCA, GST, income tax and tender filings. It lives on a compliant USB token rather than as a file, because the token is what stops the private key being copied off a laptop.
Treat it the way you treat a signature. Anything filed with it is filed by you, and directors who leave the token with an accountant have no answer when a form they never saw carries their name.
Best suited to
- Directors signing MCA filings
- Authorised signatories filing GST returns
- Businesses bidding on government e-tender portals
- Anyone whose existing certificate is about to expire
Documents you need
- PAN of the applicant
- Aadhaar or another accepted identity proof
- Recent photograph
- Email address and mobile number for the verification codes
- Passport with attestation for a foreign national applicant
Scanned copies are enough to begin. We check every document against the department's current format before filing, because a rejected form costs more time than a resubmitted scan.
How the filing runs
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Signing only or signing with encryption, and one, two or three years of validity. Encryption is only needed for tender portals.
Application and verification
The application goes to a licensed certifying authority, with mobile and email codes plus a short video verification.
Token issue
The certificate is downloaded onto a compliant USB token, which is what makes it legally usable.
Registration on the portals
We register the certificate against your DIN or GSTIN so it works the first time you try to file.
What it costs
1,499
professional fee, certifying authority and token charges at actuals
Typical timeline: 1 to 2 working days
Get free consultationTen percent below any comparable quote
Send us a written quote from another online filing platform for the same scope of work. We do the same filing for ten percent less, and the difference is shown in your quote before you pay anything.
- Applies to professional fees on like for like scope and turnaround
- Government fees and stamp duty are statutory and are charged at actuals by everyone
- The quote you send has to be current and in writing
Digital signature questions
Which class of certificate do I need?
Class 3 covers everything ordinary businesses file: MCA forms, GST returns, income tax filings, trademark applications and e-tender portals. The older Class 2 certificates were discontinued.
Do I need the token, or can it stay on my computer?
It has to live on a compliant USB token. Certificates are no longer issued as plain files, because the token is what stops the key being copied.
How long is it valid?
One, two or three years, chosen at application. Three years costs less per year, and it removes the annual scramble when a filing deadline lands on an expired certificate.
Can somebody else use my digital signature?
No. It is a legal signature in your name and using it means signing as you. Handing the token around is how directors end up personally answerable for filings they never saw.
Talk to a CA about digital signature
Send your details and a chartered accountant calls you back with the document checklist, the timeline and the exact cost for digital signature.
Reach us directly
22-1-3 Rajapangal Road, 7th Line, Ongole, Andhra Pradesh 523001. The office is open 10am to 7pm, Monday to Saturday, and WhatsApp and phone are answered around the clock.